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Part of the solution will be job training.

Selma and the Dallas County area have one of the highest drop-out rates in the state and few students go on to attend college.

The textile and manufacturing industries were always big employers in Selma, but as times changed the workforce did not.

“Companies have to go where they can get the skill sets,” Lucky said.

Wayne Vardaman works with the Selma-Dallas County Economic Development Authority, and he says the jobs are there.

In the past ten years, nearly 1500 jobs have been created in the area.